K-type star · orange

HR 4976

HR 4976 is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 1,222 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,649 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 563× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,222 years ago.

1,222 lybrightness mag 5.84F8Ib

Also catalogued as HD 114533 · HIP 64587

4,649 K
temperature
5.84
apparent magnitude
563× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,222 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
563×
the Sun's light output
-2.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 4976K-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarHR 4601150 ly
StarKappa¹ Aps210 ly
StarHR 5644240 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Chamaeleon

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.